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Standing on the Verge of Getting It On

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    Object Details

    Published by

    Westbound Records, American, founded 1968

    Recorded by

    Parliament-Funkadelic, American, founded 1955

    Produced by

    George Clinton, American, born 1941

    Recorded by

    Bernie Worrell, American, 1944 - 2016
    Eddie Hazel, American, 1950 - 1992

    Description

    A 33 1/3 rpm record album titled "Standing on the Verge of Getting It On," recorded by Funkadelic, produced by George Clinton, and written by Clinton, Bernie Worrell, and Eddie Hazel with the record label Westbound Records. The double-sided vinyl disc (2022.31.1a) has a colorful [WESTBOUND RECORDS] label with the album information in black text. The record jacket (2022.31.1b) is printed in color. The cover art was designed by George Clinton and Pedro Bell and drawn by Bell and his brother Bruse Bell. It depicts an outer space landscape with several characters with human and non-human characteristics running with a banner [UNITED STREAKER FRONT], three cliffs, and a body of water. On the bottom left corner in black text is the label name.
    The back of the record jacket continues the theme of an outer space landscape with characters on a ship saying [THERE’S NOTHING HARDER / TO STOP THAN A IDEA / WHOSE TIME HAS COME / TO PASS! FUNKADELIC / IS WOT TIME IT IS!]. At the top center is the album list in two columns. In the upper right corner in right text is label number [SEWA 040]. The bottom features the label information and barcode.

    Credit Line

    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Caleb and Eli Tucker-Raymond

    Date

    1974; reissued 1991

    Object number

    2022.31.1ab

    Restrictions & Rights

    © 1974 Westbound Records
    Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

    Type

    long-playing records

    Medium

    (a) vinyl with ink on paper
    (b) ink on cardboard

    Dimensions

    Diameter (a, disc): 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm)
    H x W (b, jacket): 12 × 12 in. (30.5 × 30.5 cm)

    Place made

    United States, North and Central America

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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

    Classification

    Record Albums

    Movement

    Afrofuturism

    Data Source

    National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Topic

    African American
    Composers (Musicians)
    Funk (Music)
    Instrumentalists (Musicians)
    Music
    Musicians
    Rhythm and blues (Music)

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5501192cf-a09f-4e2f-a293-f487cd2ee8d8

    Record ID

    nmaahc_2022.31.1ab

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